[ramakrishna] Kali's child

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Jeff Kripal gave a talk(which I attended) at SOAS last yr about his

book...although I do not agree with his conclusions & believe he has

misunderstood much of what he has 'uncovered', I do believe his intention

was not to anger ,insult or shock devotees of the great Ramakrishna.I

believe Kripal himself feels some anguish over his inability to completely

surrender to God when he was training for priesthood & that this has

filtered down into his work, perhaps as an unconscious

jealousy...Furthermore I do not think most of the academic approaches to

Ramakrishna will be of any credible use to modern devotees

since they are extremely abstract or insulting. I find N.P. Sil's

condemnation of Ramakrishna far more offensive than anything Kripal has

written, afterall Kripal is an innocent in all of this.Sil appears to be

calculating in his actions and his motives seem to be quite dubious.

 

 

 

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>Following recd on the internet......

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>3. " Kali's Child " Comes in For Criticism

>Source: http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITkalichildframeset.htm

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>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 20, 2000: The review of " Kali's Child " by

>Swami Tyagananda of the Ramakrishna Mission, Boston, is up on the Infinity

>Foundation website. His review discusses every instance of the Bengali

>translation that he considers as false, misleading or from a non-existent

>source. It is 100+ pages in length. For those who are new to this matter,

> " Kali's Child " was the PhD dissertation by Jeff Kripal at Univ of Chicago.

>The thesis concluded that Ramakrishna was homosexual, based on referring to

>various texts in Bengali. But later when challenged, the author admitted

>that he was not an expert in Bengali language. The book has sold well. It

>has angered many Hindus for what they consider its unfounded analysis and

>use of discredited Freudian theories. The Swami's report is a welcome,

>in-depth analysis of what many believed to be flawed scholarship.

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>Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

>Vivekananda Centre London

>http://www.vivekananda.co.uk

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Kali's child is a worthless book, unfortunately it consumed Swamy's valuble

time in analysing the garbage! I can feel how much pain Swami Tyagananda

must have undergone to read such a book called Kali's child (alias: Grabage

dwellers timepass manual).

 

I was just thinking about Rahul Samkrutyayan. Anybody knew how this scholar

who is very critical about vedas saw his end?

Has anybody researched about peoples lives who write/become critical about

holybooks/holymen and religions? I am perticularly interested in finding

out how they faced their death. No jokes. It would be an interesting

revelation. Find out how they are punished in time. Also find out the

reference from " Garuda Purana " about the punishments for such crimes. God

rules this universe in the name of Time. And Time has many things in store

for such people. Meanwhile, what good people should do! They have to just

hold on to their faith, for faith will lead them to their true destination.

 

 

My heartfelt praising to Swamy Tyaganandaji. Swamyji: THANK YOU!

 

Yours,

Madhava

 

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> Following recd on the internet......

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> has angered many Hindus for what they consider its unfounded

> analysis and

> use of discredited Freudian theories. The Swami's report is a welcome,

> in-depth analysis of what many believed to be flawed scholarship.

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